# Ketones - To Check or Not to Check

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ketones-to-check-or-not-to-check/7422
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Tags:** insulin, type-2, illness
**Created:** [May 3, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ketones-to-check-or-not-to-check/7422 "2019-05-03T17:22:47Z")
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### Author: ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ketones-to-check-or-not-to-check/7422/9 "2019-05-03T20:19:38Z")

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> [@Always The Truth With Diabetes?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/always-the-truth-with-diabetes/7372/12):
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> Within maybe 5 to 6 hours of having high blood sugar he was in DKA

This would never happen for us. If he’s high more than a couple hours, I’m very aggressive in changing PODs, giving MDI shots, etc., No reason to ever be that high for 5 to 6 hours unless you are sleeping and don’t notice. We’ve been high (over 200) sometimes for most of the night, but not DKA high.

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